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A Christmas Carol (2009) 6.8
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Metascore: 55/100
Reviews: 244 user | 238 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. Director:Robert Zemeckis |
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| Jim Carrey | ... | ||
| Steve Valentine | ... | ||
| Daryl Sabara | ... | ||
| Sage Ryan | ... | ||
| Amber Gainey Meade | ... | ||
| Ryan Ochoa | ... | ||
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Bobbi Page | ... | |
| Ron Bottitta | ... | ||
| Sammi Hanratty | ... | ||
| Julian Holloway | ... |
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| Cary Elwes | ... | ||
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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
6 November 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Christmas Carol: An IMAX 3D Experience See more »Box Office
Budget:
$200,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,917,539 (UK) (6 November 2009)Gross:
£20,371,281 (UK) (10 December 2010)Company Credits
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Ebenezer Scrooge: [upon viewing Marley in casket] Yes, quite dead. As a doornail.
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Written and Produced by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
Performed by Andrea Bocelli
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Gary Oldman and Lesley Manville play Mr. and Mrs Cratchit. They were married in real life (1987 - 1990) and have a son. See more »Goofs
Bob Cratchit's job of "clerk" is referenced using both the UK and American pronunciations. (The English pronounce the letter combination "-er-" like "-ar-", so spoken words like "clerk" and "derby" in the UK would sound like "clark" and "darby" to an American.) See more »Quotes
[first lines]Ebenezer Scrooge: [upon viewing Marley in casket] Yes, quite dead. As a doornail.
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God Bless Us EveryoneWritten and Produced by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
Performed by Andrea Bocelli
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In the Victorian era of the United Kingdom, the stingy and cranky Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) that hates Christmas and people loses his partner Jacob Marley in a Christmas Eve. For seven years, he runs his business exploiting his employee Bob Cratchit (Gary Oldman) and spends a bitter treatment to his nephew and acquaintances. However, in the Christmas Eve, he is visited by the doomed ghost of the chained Marley that tells him that three spirits would visit him that night. The first one, the spirit of past Christmas, recalls his miserable youth; the spirit of the present Christmas shows him the poor situation of Bob's family; and the spirit of future Christmas shows his fate. Scrooge finds that life is good and God bless us everyone, changing his behavior toward Christmas, Bob, his nephew and people in general.
This dark adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens to the screen is one of those optimistic films that follows the style of Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" and it is impossible not loving it. The redemption of the mean Ebenezer Scrooge in a Christmas Eve is one of the most known worldwide novels and this animation produced by Disney Company follows the style of Tim Burton and may not be the best adaptation to the cinema, but it is indeed effective and a good family entertainment. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Os Fantasmas de Scrooge" ("The Ghosts of Scrooge")